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A Canadian writer, best known for his stories of [[Author Avatar|Montreal-born Jewish characters]], often [[Jerkass|contrary, argumentative, and morally ambiguous]]. Although he's primarily remembered as one of Canada's literary bright lights, turning out books like [[Solomon Gursky Was Here]] and [[The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz]], he also wrote children's books like the [[Jacob Two Two]] stories, essays and journalism giving his often crabby views on everything from Israel to Quebec, and even a book about pool. Several of his books have been turned into films, most recently [[Barney's Version]].
'''Mordecai Richler''' (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) is a Canadian writer, best known for his stories of [[Author Avatar|Montreal-born Jewish characters]], often [[Jerkass|contrary, argumentative, and morally ambiguous]]. Although he's primarily remembered as one of Canada's literary bright lights, turning out books like ''[[Solomon Gursky Was Here]]'' and ''[[The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'', he also wrote children's books like the ''[[Jacob Two Two]]'' stories, essays and journalism giving his often crabby views on everything from Israel to Quebec, and even a book about pool. Several of his books have been turned into films; the last one for which he wrote the screenplay was ''[[Barney's Version]]'' (released a decade after his death).

In what may be the greatest accolade a writer can receive, the public library in the neighbourhood he portrayed in ''[[The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'' was re-named after him in 2015.


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Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) is a Canadian writer, best known for his stories of Montreal-born Jewish characters, often contrary, argumentative, and morally ambiguous. Although he's primarily remembered as one of Canada's literary bright lights, turning out books like Solomon Gursky Was Here and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, he also wrote children's books like the Jacob Two Two stories, essays and journalism giving his often crabby views on everything from Israel to Quebec, and even a book about pool. Several of his books have been turned into films; the last one for which he wrote the screenplay was Barney's Version (released a decade after his death).

In what may be the greatest accolade a writer can receive, the public library in the neighbourhood he portrayed in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz was re-named after him in 2015.

Tropes often appearing in Richler's works:


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